How can I use the serial port from my host system in Qemu?
• A: There are several possibilities under Linux: ‘ Use slsnif; this is described at [10] ‘ Connect the guest serial port to a PTY which is connected to your host serial port; see [11] • Q: I can’t install Windows 2000, it says “Disk full” during installation no matter how big my disk image is • A: This is a known bug; several possible workarounds are suggested in the forum ([12]]); search for “Disk full”. There’s also a patch for Qemu which makes the emulated IDE controller behave more correctly, but it harms performance a bit. It is advised to install the patch only for Win2k installation and remove it afterwards. The patch can be found at [[13].
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